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A3243G mitochondrial DNA mutation in Tunisian diabetic population.
La Tunisie medicale - 1 Sept 2010
Bouhaha Rym, Abid Kamoun Hafaoua, Elgaaied Amel, Ennafaa Hajer
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BACKGROUND: An excess of maternal transmission of adult onset diabetes mellitus has been observed in the studied Tunisian patients, in fact, diabetic patients with affected mother are significantly more important than those with affected father (p< 10-6) There is increasing evidence that mtDNA mutations may be involved in this disease, since mitochondrial transmission offers a plausible explanation for a...
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